Special session: Plovdiv University (BULGARIA) expertise and solution in performance-centered adaptive curriculum for the needs of industry in Plovdiv region

• Main Authors: Tokmakov, D., Mileva, N., Gochev, A., Milev, M.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adaptive Curriculum; Educational institutions; Employment; Employment Needs; Engineering Education; Europe; Industries; Performance-Centered; Qualifications; Training
• DOI: 10.1109/TAEE.2012.6235464

Plovdiv University has almost five years of experience in the implementation of performance support system principles in traditional university education and PSS Learning Objects in DIPSEIL CMLS as well as in Physics Engineering, Medical Physics and Information Physics and Communications bachelor degree courses and in Information and Communications Systems master degree courses. Partnerships between universities on the one hand and enterprises on the other are crucial when it comes to matching the needs for skills on the labor market in the region with those students can actually offer. In this regard our industry partners Index 6, TepolSofts, which operate in the field of the adaptive performance-centered curriculum, will help us in the skills and personal competence profiles identification. On the first stage of the project the potential of employers' surveys will be explored as a tool for analysing the skills and abilities needed for the electronic and software engineering job positions. The right skills portfolio will be defined and the matrix of learning outcomes will be developed. The overlapping areas in the competence profiles and the higher education programmes at Plovdiv University will be identified. Going forward the three organizations will take into account the outlined key competences and will develop a tailor-made training PAC curriculum, teaching, delivery and assessment methods, adapted to the relevant job positions. The basic characteristic of the PAC training curriculum will be its adaptability.